--- title: Nintendo Just Announced a Super Nintendo Classic Edition description: Nintendo says it will release a retro version of its Super Nintendo Entertainment System on September 29 for $79.99. canonical: https://time.com/4833142/nintendo-super-nes-classic-edition/ author: Matt Peckham article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-26T16:38:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:43:45.323Z article:section: Business og:title: Nintendo Just Announced a Super Nintendo Classic Edition og:description: And it sounds even better than the NES Classic og:url: https://time.com/4833142/nintendo-super-nes-classic-edition/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05fde371fa950f74/6988d350656a3f3403bd0923/nintendo-super-nes-classic-edition.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: nintendo-super-nes-classic-edition og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nintendo Just Announced a Super Nintendo Classic Edition twitter:description: And it sounds even better than the NES Classic twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05fde371fa950f74/6988d350656a3f3403bd0923/nintendo-super-nes-classic-edition.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Nintendo Just Announced a Super Nintendo Classic Edition > Sponsored content. 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The pint-sized version of the company’s beloved 16-bit gray-and-purple 1990s console legend will ship with 21 games. And here’s the crazy part: It includes a bona fide sequel to 3D shooter _Star Fox_ that the company developed but never released. You can have all that for $79.99, or $20 more than the 8-bit NES Classic the company released (and promptly sold out of) last year.  Nintendo SNES Classic Nintendo Nintendo says the retro system, designed to replicated in miniature the original 1991 console, will include original U.S. pack-in _Super Mario World_, _The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past_, _Super Mario Kart_, _Super Metroid_ and _F-Zero_. Like the NES Classic, it supports HDMI output for high-definition TV playback. But the wildest part is Nintendo’s decision to include _Star Fox 2_, a cancelled sequel to its FX-chip vehicle _Star Fox_ originally developed by Argonaut Games and Nintendo. The Japanese version was apparently feature complete, but Nintendo opted to shelve it in view of the Nintendo 64’s imminent arrival in late 1996\. To access it, you have to beat the first level of Star Fox, says Nintendo, quipping “We didn’t want to make it too hard!”  Nintendo Here’s the complete list of included games: * **_Contra III: The Alien Wars_** * **_Donkey Kong Country_** * **_EarthBound_** * **_Final Fantasy III_** * **_F-ZERO_** * **_Kirby_** **_Super Star_** * **_Kirby’s Dream Course_** * **_The Legend of Zelda_** **_: A Link to the Past_** * **_Mega Man_** **_X_** * **_Secret of Mana_** * **_Star Fox_** * **_Star Fox_** **_2_** * **_Street Fighter_** **_II Turbo: Hyper Fighting_** * **_Super Castlevania IV_** * **_Super Ghouls ’n Ghosts_** * **_Super Mario Kart_** * **_Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars_** * **_Super Mario World_** * **_Super Metroid_** * **_Super Punch-Out!!_** * **_Yoshi’s Island_** Yes, you’re reading all of this correctly: There’s _Earthbound_, _Secret of Mana_, _Final Fantasy III_ (which I take to be _Final Fantasy VI_ pre-renaming) and _Super Mario RPG_, all classics by any definition. And if your preferences incline as mine do, you’ll be lining up just for stuff like _Super Castlevania IV_ and _Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts_. I never could quite beat the latter, so challenge accepted, Nintendo. In the box you get the Super NES Classic Edition itself, an HDMI cable, a USB charging cable with AC adapter and two (that’s right, _two_) Super NES Classic Controllers — crucial if you’re up for the system’s unbeatable two-player options in games like _Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting_, _Super Mario Kart_, _Contra III: The Alien Wars_ and _Secret of Mana_. (Hopefully the gamepads sport longer cords this time.) Color me (and doubtless countless others) tickled. The only catch? Assuming Nintendo plans to eventually sunset the Super NES Classic Edition, [as it did the NES Classic](http://time.com/4739019/nintendo-nes-classic-discontinued-canceled/), it’ll need to create enough to satisfy demand for what by any reasonable estimate is going to be an even _more_ popular throwback novelty. Update: Nintendo responded to a TIME request for comment on supply issues and possible time-limitation, writing: “We aren’t providing specific numbers, but we will produce significantly more units of Super NES Classic Edition than we did of NES Classic Edition. Super NES Classic Edition is currently planned to ship from Sept. 29 until the end of calendar year 2017\. At this time, we have nothing to announce regarding any possible shipments beyond this year.” And in a second response to a question about cord length, the company adds: “The length of the controller cord on the Super NES Classic controller is approx. 5 ft. long, which is about 2 ft. longer than the cord on the NES Classic Controller.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4833142/nintendo-super-nes-classic-edition/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4833142/nintendo-super-nes-classic-edition/"},"headline":"Nintendo Just Announced a Super Nintendo Classic Edition","datePublished":"2017-06-26T16:38:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:43:45.323Z","description":"And it comes with an unreleased Star Fox sequel","url":"https://time.com/4833142/nintendo-super-nes-classic-edition/","keywords":["Tech","Video Games","retro","Nintendo","the legend of zelda"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05fde371fa950f74/6988d350656a3f3403bd0923/nintendo-super-nes-classic-edition.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Peckham","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/matt-peckham/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05fde371fa950f74/6988d350656a3f3403bd0923/nintendo-super-nes-classic-edition.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"nintendo-super-nes-classic-edition","caption":"","creditText":"Nintendo","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4833142/nintendo-super-nes-classic-edition/","name":"Nintendo Just Announced a Super Nintendo Classic Edition"}}]}] ```